Kolcuoglu Demirkan Koçakli

Managing Associate Büşra Özden is experienced in corporate and commercial law as well as real estate and construction law, with a particular focus on real estate investment and acquisition structuring, project development, real estate development agreements, construction, design and engineering contracts and PPP contracts, privatization agreements, land concessions, collateral agreements, real estate law, lease law, zoning law, energy law, tourism law and retail law as well as real estate aspects of M&A transactions. Büşra represents both domestic and foreign clients, including banks and financial institutions, private equities, real estate investors, project developers, energy companies, data center operators, port operators, REITs, construction companies, shopping mall investors, retailers, hospitality and leisure companies. Among the Firm’s clients, Büşra advises leading companies and private equity firms, such as Abu Dhabi Ports Company PJSC, Porsche, Merlin Entertainments, QTerminals, Vitol, Petrol Ofisi, Glencore, Karadeniz LPG, Rönesans Holding, Marriott International/Design Hotels, Deloitte, Odea Bank, TPI Composites, Bozzetto Group, Tosaf, Pfizer, VNG Properties, Duracell, Monsoon, Otto Group, Vava Cars, Yu Group, Huntsman Group, Logo Software, Alterna Gıda,  Söke Un, Elba Bant, Losta Turizm, Boston Consulting Group, Turkven Private Equity and Mediterra Capital.

Partner Serhan Koçaklı leads the Firm’s corporate and commercial as well as real estate and construction practices. He advises a number of foreign capital companies in connection with their activities in Turkey on a broad range of issues, including joint ventures, corporate law, contracts and employment in several different sectors, including retail, hospitality, aviation, construction, energy, textiles, chemical and metal industries. He has significant experience in establishing/improving corporate governance structures of family-owned businesses by creating mutually acceptable solutions to address the shareholders’ conflicting interests. Among the Firm’s clients, he advised Vitol, TPI Composites Inc, Deloitte, Cummins, Mediterra Capital, Goodrich Corporation (UTC Aerospace), Vinmar Group, Bunzl, TOSAF, Duracell, Dyson, Decathlon, Folkart, RZK Çelik, Actera, Aldiana, Söke Un, LR Global Holding, Huntsman Group, Italferr, Agence France-Presse (AFP), Otto Group, Boston Consulting Group, Hugo Boss, Comau, UN RoRo, SolarReserve, Spotify, Vansan, Fujifilm, Ajax System, Ruhrpumpen, Züber, AptarGroup, Petrol Ofisi, Porsche, Marriott International/Design Hotels GmbH, Merlin Entertainments, Saya Group, Rönesans Holding, Turkven Private Equity, UL LLC, Alterna Gıda, Elba Bant, Bozzetto Group, Pfizer, Yu Group, Odea Bank, Losta Turizm, Advaita Trade, Alexander Dennis Limited, TDC Parsons Peebles Limited, DM İnşaat, Kent Proje Yönetimi, QTerminals, RWE and Abu Dhabi Ports Company PJSC, all of which are leading companies in their respective sectors. He has been advising the majority shareholders of a USD multi-billion FMCG company, which is among the top 100 Turkish companies, in connection with disputes between family members regarding the company’s management and control.   Serhan has a particular focus on the real estate sector, where he advises on all types of real estate transactions. He has a substantive degree of experience in commercial and industrial property transactions with a specific focus on zoning, construction and structuring matters. Serhan has special expertise on specific legislation governing the real estate aspects of complex projects (e.g., development of mixed-use projects, ports, renewable energy projects, port development projects and tourism facility developments concerning the use of treasury/state-owned land). He has assisted a UK-based retail giant in connection with the development and acquisition of approximately 40 sites throughout Turkey for its hypermarket activities in more than 20 cities. He advises major property developers, investment funds, construction companies, landlords, tenants and other parties involved in property development. Serhan lectures on real estate law in various Istanbul-based university certificate programs.